Orchard heater



F'- E. SIMONS ORCHARD HEATER Oct. 2

' Filed June 17. 1922 Patented @et. 2,1923.

"tra ner T ii means FRANK E; srntons, or LosAnGELEs, CALIFORNIA."

. oncrmnn HEATER.

Application filed June 17,1 22. Serial n seaozv,

Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented a new and useful Orchard Heater, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to heaters for orchards and the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed and eflicient heater of this character which will produce a mairimum amount of heat with a minimum consumption of fuel, and which will-direct the heat emanating therefrom downward so that it will be evenly distributed over a considerable area. V 7

Another object is to provide a heater of this character which may be mo-ved readily from point to point wherever heat is needed.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement 'of parts and 1n the details of construction herelnafter described and claimed, it being understood sired configuration, being here shown rec tangular and whlch has a removable top 2 I provided with a depending flange 3'on its perimeter to fit down over the body of the heater. This top 2 has a flue opening f1 around which is arranged a collar 5 having detachably connected therewith a smokestack 6 surmounted by a head deflector 7.

The cover 2 extends over a portion only of the heater casing l, and a complementary cover section 8 is detachably mounted on the remainder of the casing and carries an up standing chamber 9 constituting a down draft for the heater. This chamber 9 ex, tends transversely across the casing 1 anda p ate 10 which t m na e at a 99in;

f will passrearwardly through thecasing 1 sp'aced from the bottom of the casing lextends transversely across said casing in Fig. 1. This plate 10 is removable being held in position in any suitable manner, grooves at the sides being here shownfor the purpose. An upstanding baffle plate 12 is arranged on the bottom of the casing 1 at a point spaced inwardly'from the plate 10 which operates to deflect the heat generated in the heater against the top wall or cover thereof.

A perforated plate 13fis shown mounted 'on the lip 11 and the'b'aflle 12, and operates to break up the fuel passing therethrough to assist in vaporizing it, performing the function of a burner. v An oil supply tank 15 is mounted on. a suitable support 16, and has a pipe 14: leading therethrough into the downdraft chamber 9 of the heater, as is shown clearly in Fig. 1. the'pipe 14c for regulating oil to be fedto theheater. J

In the use of this heater, the parts being in the position shown in Fig- 1, oil will be fed to the'lower portion ofthe casing 1 the amount of A control ivalve 17 is located in v where it will beignited and the' flames and heat rising therefrom will heat the body of. the casing land the products of combustion and up throughthe stack 6: against the deflector 7 and be dischargedto the surrounding atmosphere and projected by the deflector toward the ground.

'The airentering through the down draft chamber 9 will be forced by the plate 10 over the oil in {the casing '1 and uniting therewith forming a combustible gas',:.the heatgenerated by. the burning fuel i'assist in the vaporization of the fuel. I

' From the above description it will be obvious that a heater constructed as herein shownQand' described is extremely simple and cheap to manufacture, and is readily. portable and collapsible so that it may be taken apart and .set up ,fo r use with very 7.

little efl'ort. I it I claim A. heater of the class described comprising p 7 105 a metal casing having a removable top? extending over a portion .of the casing and a complementary cover section detacha'bly mounted on the remainder of the casing and having an upstanding chamber constituting a de i draft, a d. eheniber weed n transversely across the casing, a plate deforming a vaporizer for the fuel, and a fiaendin'g'into the casing at tjh'efr'ont of the, smoke stack rising 'frorn seid Casing. chambei' and terminating at a peint spaced In testimony that I claim thefi'ozegoing as from' the bottom of the casing, an 11pmyowm'l have hereto affixed my signature standing bafiie secured to thebotte n oif the in the presence o'fi'two Witnesses;

' jcasing at a point extending inwardly from FRANK E. SIMONS.

said plate, said plate having a laterally e'X Witnesses: tending lip on its inner face, a perforated MARION LA ZANslng;

plate mounted on said lip and bafiie and DOLORES ()Aiaimsoo. 

